The President of the RT was presented the development concept of the center of Kazan

Ilsur Metshin, Olesya Baltusova, and others took part in the meeting.

(KZN.RU, July 1). The next meeting of the interdepartmental commission on urban development in historical settlements was held today by Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, Olesya Baltusova, an assistant to the President of the RT, Irek Faizullin, the minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Communal Services of the RT, Svetlana Persova, the deputy chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, and others took part in the meeting. It was held in the Government House of the RT.

A presentation of the development concept of the historical settlement of Kazan was held within the framework of the interdepartmental commission. Oleg Maklakov, an architect, the head of the project team for the development of sustainable development of the historical settlement of Kazan, and architect Anna Novikova presented the concept.

The development of the concept was initiated by Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, in April 2019. Then Rustam Minnikhanov said that for the further development of Kazan, a regulation was needed that would order the urban development of the territory and preserve the historical heritage in all aspects of the urbanization of the modern city.

The purpose of the development concept of the historical settlement of Kazan is to develop a unified design methodology on the territory of the historical settlement of Kazan. The concept will create a project for the future development of the city for 10-15 years.

A full-fledged concept is needed for the territory of the historical settlement, based on the principles of sustainable development and the proposed design methodology. On the one hand, the city center should have investment and tourist attractiveness. On the other hand, its development policy should ensure the preservation of the historical environment of the ancient city.

According to Oleg Maklakov, today, the first stage of the concept with the main idea was presented. The project group presented its proposals on how to develop the center of Kazan and its construction. Rustam Minnikhanov also was presented the structure of the main types of regulations, which will make the design and construction process in the center more transparent, in the opinion of the project team.

“Now we can say that the principles and approaches have been adopted”, said the concept developers. “We are entering the second stage of work: the formation of regulations for the territory of a historical settlement”.

According to Oleg Maklakov, it is important to develop and use regulations. Urban planning discipline will regulate urban space. “Orderliness is the basis of image clarity”, marked the speaker.

Rustam Minnikhanov assessed the work positively. According to him, this is a beneficial job for the city.

The second stage will be devoted to the elaboration of the concept itself, clarification of the details and wording, requirements for parameters. Project proposals for new local territories will also be developed. The question of what territories will be taken into the development is being discussed; for now, it is Novo-Tatarskaya Sloboda and Yagodnaya Sloboda.

The cornerstone of all the work on the concept is finding a balance between the consideration of the material heritage and the forms of future development, based on the full agreement of all stakeholders. Achieving this balance is the central semantic part of the work. Before embarking on further development, it is necessary to conduct a series of discussions of the concept sketch in the urban and professional communities.

The meeting participants also discussed projects of new construction and reconstruction in the territory of Kazan, Elabuga, and Sviyazhsk, reports the press service of the President of the RT.

Zhanna Belitskaya, the deputy head of the Architecture and Urban Planning Department of Kazan, reported on the new construction projects on the territory of the historical center of Kazan. She presented 9 projects (7 new and two re-examined ones).

Thus, a project for the reconstruction of the facility at Gladilov Street, №38a, received the approval of the commission. This three-story administrative building is provided with parking lots.

The commission approved the construction of a 4-storey building in the traditional style on Parizhskoy Komunny Street, №16 (hostel).

The third object was a hotel with 4 floors along Narimanov Street. The building will be finished with natural stone dolomite. The project also received approval.

The project of a residential building with a variable number of floors (6-9) on Kalinin Street with underground parking caused doubts among the participants of the commission. It was decided to discuss the project on-site.

Afterward, there were two options for building a land plot with several low-rise residential buildings on Tukay Street. The members of the interdepartmental commission approved the second option; the project will be implemented.

The project for the reconstruction of a 4-storey building at Gogol Street, №8, did not find the approval of the commission members. The following was considered the construction project of a 5-storey international educational center at Fedoseevskaya Street, №52. The project was presented in three versions; one of the options was approved.

The next project was the construction of a shopping center on the territory of the Octyabrsky Gorodok. Previously, the project has already been reviewed and rejected. Today, the project has been reviewed again; the developer proposes to equip the Walk of Fame next to the object. Rustam Minnikhanov instructed the Kazan administration to discuss the project once again, taking into account all interests: and recreating historical sites, and the Walk of Fame.

The last was the concept of improvement of the boulevard on Fatkullin Street (Azimov Mosque area). According to Rustam Minnikhanov, this project is a good and necessary one. The President of the RT gave instructions to work out the concept together with the owners of the land along the street and at the exit to the embankment of Kaban Lake.